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Trivia: Musical Terms
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1. The piece of cane in wind instruments. The players cause vibrations by blowing through it in order to produce sound.
Reed
Opus
Partial
Obbligato
2. A reprise.
Recapitulation
Parody
Slur
Tempo
3. One who directs a group of performers. The conductor indicates the tempo - phrasing - dynamics - and style by gestures and facial expressions.
Conductor
Sonata
Exposition
Major
4. A symbol indicating that the note is to be diminished by one semitone.
Legato
Flat
Fifth
Choir
5. A person with notable technical skill in the performance of music.
Dissonance
Virtuoso
Beat
Chorale
6. A successive transposition and repetition of a phrase at different pitches.
Reprise
Introduction
Polyphony
Sequence
7. A symbol indicating that the note is to be diminished by one semitone.
Musicology
Pizzicato
Flat
Song cycle
8. Tone color - quality of sound that distinguishes one verse or instrument to another. It is determined by the harmonies of sound.
Sonatina
Ornaments
Progression
Timbre
9. Music written for chorus and orchestra. Most often religious in nature.
Encore
Whole-tone scale
Cantata
Fourth
10. The period of music history which dates from the mid 1800's and lasted about sixty years. There was a strong regard for order and balance.
Classicism
Concert master
Introduction
Concert master
11. A large group of instrumentalists playing together.
Sonata
Opus
Grazioso
Orchestra
12. The period of music history which dates from the mid 1700's to mid 1800's. The music was spare and emotionally reserved - especially when compared to Romantic and Boroque music.
Staff
Tone less
Stretto
Classical
13. The principal note of a triad.
Concerto
Root
Prelude
Atonal
14. The intonation - pitch - and modulation of a composition expressing the meaning - feeling - or attitude of the music.
Chorus
Quintet
Tone
Requiem
15. A Boroque dance with a drone-bass.
Sonata
Theme
Musette
Tuning
16. Originally an improvised cadence by a soloist. Later it became a written out passage to display performance skills of an instrumentalist or performer.
Pastoral
Gavotte
Cadenza
Triplet
17. A sequence of songs - perhaps on a single theme - or with texts by one poet - or having continuos narrative.
Song cycle
Presto
Clef
Classicism
18. Suite of Baroque dances.
Tablature
System
Dissonance
Partita
19. Passage for the entire ensemble or orchestra without a soloist.
Tutti
Rococo
Coda
Tablature
20. A form of music written for marching in two-step time. Originally the march was used for military processions.
Accelerando
Pentatonic Scale
Stretto
March
21. Combining a number of individual but harmonizing melodies. Also known as counterpoint.
Interpretation
Expressionism
Recital
Polyphony
22. A sequence of chords that brings an end to a phrase - either in the middle or the end of a composition.
Homophony
Polytonality
Intermezzo
Cadence
23. The manner in which tones are produced with regard to pitch.
Intonation
Partita
System
Clavier
24. When several strings are tuned to harmonically related pitches - all strings vibrate when only one of the strings is struck.
Minor
Whole note
A cappella
Resonance
25. A period in history during the 18th and early 19th centuries where the focus shifted from the neoclassical style to an emotional - expressive - and imaginative style.
Romantic
Symphony
Prelude
Deceptive cadence
26. A separate section of a larger composition.
Timbre
Ligature
Ricercar
Movement
27. A drama where the words are sung instead of spoken.
Development
Harmony
Capriccio
Opera
28. Piece of instrumental music played between scenes in a play or opera.
Interlude
Part
Recitative
Leading note
29. A successive transposition and repetition of a phrase at different pitches.
Progression
Ornaments
Glee
Sequence
30. A book of text containing the words of an opera.
Cadenza
Rubato
Libretto
Interval
31. A symbol in sheet music a direction to play energetically.
Energico
Contralto
Pitch
Relative major and minor
32. Atonal and violent style used as a means of evoking heightened emotions and states of mind.
Expressionism
Triple time
Interval
Overture
33. The major and minor keys that share the same notes in that key.For example: A minor shares the same note as C major.
Renaissance
Expressionism
EnharmonicInterval
Relative major and minor
34. 3 or 4 notes played simultaneously in harmony.
Treble
Glissando
Chord
Legato
35. A composition written for three to six voices. Beginning with the exposition - each voice enters at different times - creating counterpoint with one another.
Fugue
Elegy
Intermezzo
Instrumentation
36. A musical composition that has a romantic or dreamy character with nocturnal associations.
Nocturne
Piano
Homophony
Ricercar
37. A short and simple melody performed by a soloist that is part of a larger piece.
Classical
Cavatina
Trill
Canon
38. Includes all twelve notes of an octave.
Chromatic scale
Chorus
Adagio
Courante
39. Time in music history ranging from the middle of the 16th to the middle of the 17th centuries. Characterized by emotional - flowery music; written in strict form.
Refrain
Baroque
Recitative
Piano
40. A group singing in unison.
Medley
Da Capo
Reprise
Chorus
41. A short or brief sonata.
Instrumentation
Sonatina
Orchestration
Renaissance
42. Sliding between two notes.
Glissando
Tune
Chorus
Tone
43. Two or more voices or instruments playing the same note simultaneously.
Staff
Tonal
Resonance
Unison
44. A symbol indicating to play loud.
A cappella
Ornaments
March
Forte
45. A piece of music written for two vocalists or instrumentalists.
Harmony
Duet
Piano
Sonata form
46. Creating variation pitch in a note by quickly alternating between notes.
Rhythm
Reed
Relative pitch
Vibrato
47. Word to indicate that the movement or entire composition is to be played grandly.
Capriccio
Slide
Rubato
Grandioso
48. Combination of two or more keys being played at the same time.
Polytonality
Suite
Musicology
Quadrille
49. A single line of music played or sung. A musical sentence.
Phrase
Clef
Sonatina
Accelerando
50. The movement of chords in succession.
Capriccio
Fugue
Tritone
Progression